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Red Cross red-faced over Haiti funding

The Norwegian Red Cross was resorting to damage control on Tuesday, after newspaper VG reported that it had wrongly informed donors about how it...

Charity drive raises millions for Unicef

Norway's annual charity drive organized by state broadcaster NRK and known as TV-aksjonen, raised NOK 218.5 million (USD 28 million) on Sunday for Unicef....

Prosecutor drops ministry probe

UPDATED: Norway's state prosecutor (Statsadvokaten) was raising questions Friday about how the country's foreign ministry (Utenriksdepartementet, UD) has handled a conflict of interest case involving...

Ministry questioned over errant envoy

Norway's former ambassador to Indonesia was stripped of his title late last year and recalled to Oslo, after failing to declare a potential conflict...

More aid mounted for famine in Yemen

Norway is among countries vowing to send more humanitarian aid to Yemen, which is facing a famine that's reaching what some call Biblical proportions....

Norway poised to offer major emergency aid

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende announced late last week that the country will be donating up to NOK 1.6 billion (USD 195 million) in...

Norway maintains aid to Afghanistan

Foreign Minister Børge Brende says Norway will continue to send around NOK 700 million (USD 87 million) in aid to Afghanistan every year until...

Norway in despair over South Sudan

Just five years after Norwegian officials played a key role in creating the world's newest nation of South Sudan, they're in despair as the country...

Refugee Council describes horror in Fallujah

The Norwegian Refugee Council has published a compelling appeal for aid for the residents of the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah. The council's welfare workers...

Refugee aid workers arrested in Greece

Three Norwegian aid workers who've been trying to help asylum seekers stuck at the border between Greece and Macedonia were arrested in Greece Wednesday evening,...
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